If we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering (Romans 8:17; NLT).
Your agony is what we share, Lord Jesus,
When we’re overwhelmed:
There’s only so much grief and pain
Our mortal bodies can sustain.
Your ecstasy is what we share, Lord Jesus,
When joy overflows:
There’s only so much purest gold
Our blest immortal souls can hold.
At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit (Luke 10:21; NLT).
Come and share your master’s joy! (Matthew 25:21; ISV).
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He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have (Romans 8:3; NLT).
He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood (Luke 22:44; NLT).
Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me” (Matthew 26:38; NIV).
[An alternative translation] He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me” (Matthew 26:38; NLT).
Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip (John 19:1; NLT).
Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross (Mark 15:24; NLT).
He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own (Philippians 3:21; NLT).
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5; NKJV).
We have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16; NIV).
Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor (1 Chronicles 16:29; NLT).
Those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God” (Matthew 14:33; NIV).
It came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy (Acts 22:17; DBT).
I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness – secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name (Isaiah 45:3; NLT).
My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold (Proverbs 8:19; NLT).
The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).